{"id":561798,"date":"2026-07-22T02:49:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T02:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/561798\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T02:49:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T02:49:15","slug":"early-career-designers-recognised-at-2026-vivid-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/561798\/","title":{"rendered":"Early career designers recognised at 2026 Vivid Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Vivid Emerging Designer Awards is Australia\u2019s longest running competition for emerging designers, and has unearthed talents such as Adam Markowitz, Lab De Stu, Annie Paxton, Marta Figueiredo and Dean Norton.<\/p>\n

Curated by Latitude Group\u2019s Daniel Dalla Riva, Vivid shines a spotlight on our emerging and early career furniture, lighting and object designers.<\/p>\n

The Judge\u2019s Choice Award went to Jacqueline Kaytar\u2019s Bark, a stool made from cast aluminium and inspired by ironbark\u2019s deeply furrowed surface.<\/p>\n

\"Jacqueline<\/p>\n

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\u201cJacqueline\u2019s work is exquisite and is all the things the judges look for: beautifully crafted, memorable and market ready,\u201d said Cassie Hansen, Vivid judge and editor of InteriorsAu.<\/p>\n

Winners were also named across categories of furniture, light, object and concepts, as well as for the Colour Award, and Authentic Design Alliance Award of Merit.<\/p>\n

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On the 2026 jury were: Dan Barker (Bricolage), Mark Bailey (Thirteen Architectural Timber), John Bastiras (In Good Company), Filip Bjazevic (Latitude Group), Bree Banfield (Bree Banfield), Cassie Hansen (InteriorsAu), Georgina Greenland (Design Institute of Australia), Daniel Dalla Riva (Latitude Group), Suzanne McNeice (Circa), Simone Pittella (Pittella), Anne-Maree Sargeant (Authentic Design Alliance), Ruby Shields (Studio Shields) and Lauren Treloar (Dulux).<\/p>\n

The 2026 winners were:<\/p>\n

Furniture<\/p>\n

Winner
Jacqueline Kaytar \u2014 Bark<\/p>\n

Commendations
Lachlan Mackay & Veronica Paiva \u2014 Second Subject
Reece Patterson \u2014 Whistle Cabinet<\/p>\n

Lighting<\/p>\n

\"James<\/p>\n

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Winner
James Morando \u2014 Linea<\/p>\n

Commendation
Rosie Licence \u2014 Sap Lamp<\/p>\n

Object<\/p>\n

\"Noah<\/p>\n

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Winner
Noah Corban \u2014 Three Flow<\/p>\n

Commendation
Tom Summers \u2014 Soft Plane I + II Wall Hooks<\/p>\n

Concept<\/p>\n

\"Alex<\/p>\n

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Winner
Alex Berecz \u2014 HAL<\/p>\n

Commendation
Steel Issoufson \u2014 Second Skin Modular Wearable System<\/p>\n

Colour<\/p>\n

\"Carl<\/p>\n

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Winner
Carl Brosen \u2014 Loom Arm Chair<\/p>\n

Commendation
Tara Burgess \u2014 Imprint on Me<\/p>\n

Student<\/p>\n

\"Noah<\/p>\n

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Winner
Noah Corban \u2014 Three Flow<\/p>\n

Commendations
Nina Lewis \u2014 Recession Coffee Table
Sam Short \u2014 Corded Bench<\/p>\n

Authentic Design Alliance Award of Merit<\/p>\n

Winner
Jacqueline Kaytar \u2014 Bark<\/p>\n

Commendation
Nina Lewis \u2014 Recession Coffee Table<\/p>\n

Judges\u2019 Choice<\/p>\n

Winner
Jacqueline Kaytar \u2014 Bark<\/p>\n

To see all the finalists\u2019 work, head to the Decor and Design website<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Vivid Emerging Designer Awards is Australia\u2019s longest running competition for emerging designers, and has unearthed talents such…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":561799,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-561798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}